JSS1 ENGLISH STUDIES THIRD TERM WEEK FOUR
CONTENT
- Speech Work: Stress
- Structure: Verbs (Active and Passive Voice)
- Comprehension: The Taxi Driver
- Composition: Expository Essay (Arrangement of Ideas in Logical Sequence)
- Literature: Poetry
ASPECT: Speech work
TOPIC: Stress – Introduction to Stress
Meaning of Stress
Stress, in English Language, is the extra force (emphasis) placed on the part of a word to receive strong pronunciation than the other. In English, the part or chunk that the word is divisible into is called a syllable. Therefore, a particular syllable (sound unit) that is pronounced more than the other is called the stressed syllable. In speech, stress helps us to differentiate the meaning of a word that has the same spelling but a different meaning and belongs to a different part of speech.
NOTE: A noun is stressed on the first syllable and a verb is stressed on the second syllable of two-syllable words.
NOTE: A one-syllable word cannot be stressed in English because it has only one syllable; stress can only start from two syllables.
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